One of my daughters has her 38th birthday today – and she has two sons in the meantime for herself. So giving birth is going on and on – and everyone knows that it is sometimes not easy to care for children – but we all (on every continent) are proud, if we managed all things! Recently I found in the New York Times a fine gallery with photos related to the topic BIRTH, for example 4 mothers with newborns!
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title=”1100g Now” – photo by love_child_kyoto, click on the picture to enter his galleries on Flickr
related:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/03/09/opinion/sunday/20130310_EXPOSURES-ss.html?_r=1
P.S.:
my wife, 38 years ago, nearly died, giving birth to my daughter; my own mother, 68 years ago, immediately gave me into an orphanage and left me; it took 40 years for me to find her – and all the other births in Africa, Asia, America – in times of wars or even in peace: not always easy. Actually in Germany both parents have to work for the income – and the kids spend their childhood in the kindergarten, not at home, as 50 years ago, with a mother caring for them …
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Happy Bday to ur daughter!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUR DAUGHTER!
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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Happy B’day to your daughter! Congratulations on two grandchildren. Wonderful. 🙂
Frizz, this photograph is so sad. Poor baby! Poor parents! 😦
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my wife, 38 years ago, nearly died, giving birth to my daughter; my own mother, 68 years ago, immediately gave me into an orphanage and left me; it took 40 years for me to find her – and all the other births in Africa, Asia, America – in times of wars or even in peace: not always easy. Actually in Germany both parents have to work for the income – and the kids spend their childhood in the kindergarten, not at home, as 50 years ago, with a mother caring for them …
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I know! it’s a sad state of affairs and does not speak well of us as sentient beings. Regarding families in which both have to work: the same here in the US. Sigh!
I just checked my Facebook and Buddhist Global Relief had this posted:
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actually being a child in Syria maybe is the worst fate …
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thanks for the youtube link, Jamie, so I found there
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Indeed. I think so. Sadly.
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Searching for your mother: How heartbreaking. You stuck with it though. Good for you.
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Health, wealth and happiness for all your birthdays!
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Happy birthday, and congratulations!
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Frizz thanks for sharing the Times slideshow its good to see birth in other cultures.
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another picture from the New York Times slide show:
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/03/09/opinion/sunday/20130310_EXPOSURES-ss.html?_r=1
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I didn’t stand outside, when my wife tried to give birth; my shoes stood in blood three hours while the doctors were fighting … – since them deep in my heart is the ritual to sing sometimes the St. James Infirmary blues:
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I saw the one of relatives waiting outside the maternity ward. It looks filthy there! 😦
I’m sure she survived because you were there the whole time. Giving birth can be a lonely thing under any circumstances, but especially a situation like that. But there was a happy ending and you treasure all.
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all the pain and trouble, but that is life …. i hope your daughter has a happy birthday frizz 🙂
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had just a phone call – she’s working as an architect, no time for a party …
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good for her … a successful woman!
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Happy Birthday to her and Blessing and Happiness to you All, love, nia
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To your daughter:
¸.•*¨*•.♪♫♫♪Happy Birthday .♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸ ♥Happy Birthday to youuuuu ♪♫•*¨*•.¸.•*¨*•♫
˜”*°•.˜”*°•.˜”*°•.★★.•°*”˜.•°*”˜.•°*”˜”
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Happy birthday to your daughter. It sounds like life hasn’t been easy for you. I admire your determination and courage.
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Happy Birthday to your daughter! We do live in much better times, but I’m really glad I wasn’t born in any of the places you mentioned. It could be worse, if it was China, I may never have been born.
Sorry to hear you took 40 years to find your mother. But glad you found her in the end. It takes true determination to never give up and keep searching.
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Such a tiny precious bundle. It reminds me of our second grandchild who was very early and spent time in an incubator. Now he is 5, full of life and vigour. What a blessing.
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Ahhhh. 38. A wonderful age. Happy birthday to her.
And your perserverence is admirable. I’m happy for you that it paid off.
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Happy birthday to your daughter.
40 years to find your mother…heartbreaking story.
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Happy Birthday to your daughter.
Must have been traumatic for your wife to have such a difficult childbirth.
I once knew a person who had 12 children. One of my good friends has 8 children.
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